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The average price of a property in Scotland in January 2018 was £148,512 – an increase of 7.3% on January in the previous year and an increase of 1.4% when compared to the previous month. The figures from the Registers of Scotland’s latest monthly UK House Price Index (UK HPI) shows that compar

Plans have been to develop around 59 new homes at the site of a former Fife maternity hospital. Proposals by AEL Developments Limited and NHS Fife for Kirkcaldy’s Forth Park Hospital are to be showcased to the public at an exhibition today ahead of a formal planning application being lodged later

GVA has announced the sale of a residential development site in the heart of Glasgow’s west end on behalf of a private client to Queensberry Properties Ltd. The site has a detailed planning consent for 45 apartments and four townhouses and is located on Otago Lane, benefitting from an excellent ou

(from left) Dave Stanbrook (CALA - senior sales manager), Rebecca Perry (CALA - group CSR manager), Lewis Hailstone (CALA - apprentice site manager), Maria Aspinal (CALA - sales consultant) Local charities, organisations and projects across Midlothian and East Lothian looking for a share of a combin

Over 17,200 wheelchair users in Scotland do not have a suitable home and this unmet need is set to increase by 80% by 2024, according to new research. A major new report published by Horizon Housing Association and North Star Consulting and Research estimates that there are 87,340 wheelchair users i

(from left) Jamie McLean (general manager at Mactaggart & Mickel Contracts), Margaret Vass (chair of Rural Stirling Housing Association), Stirling Councillor Robert Davies, Margaret Harrison (chair of Killearn Community Council) and Donna Birrell (CEO of Rural Stirling Housing Association) New a

A new community organisation has been launched to offer cheaper electricity to those most in need after a survey found that more than a third of Scots (36%) admit to living in fuel poverty. Research from community-owned renewable energy assets manager Mongoose Energy and not-for-profit energy suppli

Scotland’s sparsely populated areas are at risk of losing more than a quarter of their population by 2046 if current demographic trends are left unchanged, according to new research. A study commissioned by the Scottish Government and conducted by the James Hutton Institute investigated the demogr

Prof Sarah Johnsen reflects on the question of why Housing First seems to be so much more effective than mainstream provision for the majority of homeless people with multiple and complex needs. I was genuinely delighted to receive an invitation to speak about ‘why Housing First works’ at Homele

CIH Scotland has warned that there should be “no room for complacency” about meeting the Scottish Government’s target of delivering 50,000 new affordable homes by 2021 as it unveiled key findings from its annual UK Housing Review. On the key issue of housing supply, the report outlines a “mi

A think-tank has urged the Scottish Government to end Help to Buy subsidies after it was revealed that three executives at housebuilder Persimmon were paid in excess of £100 million last year in a bonuses scheme linked to the policy. An annual report published by Persimmon revealed that chief execu

Jimmy Black, former Housing Convener at Dundee City Council, has been campaigning to stop the demolition of historic tenements in Blackness Road. Previously he wrote that a consultation exercise had been misreported to councillors. Now he says Freedom of Information has thrown up new contradictions.

Launch of the Scottish Ethnic Minority Older Peoples Forum in The Burns Room at the Scottish Parliament A new Forum has been created to engage with, encourage and support ethnic minority older people to become effective leaders and advocates for themselves, their families and their communities.

Fanchea Kelly The chief executive of Blackwood has paid tribute to staff who went ‘the extra mile’ to ensure that vital services continued during the ‘Beast from the East’.

The streets of Leith were transformed into outdoor art galleries this month as the Window Wanderland concept visited the area for the first time. The event was organised by Port of Leith Housing Association’s (PoLHA) subsidiary company Quay Community Improvements (Quay) which enabled community gro